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verb

past tense of flavor
as in spiced
to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored try flavoring the beans with salt and oregano

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flavored
Adjective
Instead, the company must hope that the sight of an anthropomorphic organ will give viewers a taste for flavored coffee. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025 The shops feature sodas, including Coke and Pepsi products, ready to be combined with syrups — from guava to sugar-free coconut — fruit purees, flavored popping boba pearls and flavored creams. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024 Swig shops feature sodas, including Coke and Pepsi products, ready to be combined with syrups — from guava to sugar-free coconut — fruit purees, flavored popping boba pearls and flavored creams. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2024 Councilwoman Cindi Fowler Like several of her colleagues on the Metro Council, Fowler does not enjoy coffee. Fowler, who represents parts of Valley Station and Pleasure Ridge Park, enjoys a cup of green or flavored tea, instead. Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024 California voters in 2022 passed a ballot measure that prohibits the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco products at retail locations and vending machines. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023 Republican lawmakers had passed the legislation during the lame duck session of the Ohio General Assembly mere days after Columbus officials voted to ban the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco products in the state’s largest city, starting in 2024. Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023 Proposition 31 bans the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco products at retail locations and vending machines. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022 Guests will also be permitted bring in a sealed non-flavored water (plastic bottle and under 1 liter). Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
Verb
Choose among dishes like vegetable biryani, paneer butter masala, and methi matar malai, a creamy curry flavored with sweet green peas and earthy fenugreek leaves. Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025 Chew sugarless gum with xylitol (a sweetener that may prevent cavities), or suck on candy flavored with citrus, cinnamon, or mint to stimulate saliva flow. Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 27 Dec. 2024 Water is always best, but other hydrating fluids include plain coffee or tea, sparkling or flavored waters, 100% vegetable juice, and milk or milk alternatives. Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024 These confections, which are often almond-flavored, have become synonymous with festive celebrations in many households. Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 The cake is rolled, pinwheel-fashion, into a log shape usually filled with chocolate or coffee-flavored buttercream. Nicole Sours Larson, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 Her chocolate cake is flavored with sesame oil and cloaked in a tahini ganache. The Bon Appétit and Epicurious Staffs, Bon Appétit, 10 Dec. 2024 The lyrics, flavored with streetwise grit and an unapologetic spirit, cruise through experiences of luxury and betrayal. Griselda Flores, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024 Under the Biden administration, the Food and Drug Administration has rejected more than a million products flavored to taste like fruit, candy or desserts. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flavored
Adjective
  • This next step is shockingly tasty and creative: Garnish with black pepper and strawberries.
    Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Head up here on a Sunday for their tea service, which includes tasty bites like anchovy toast with Calabrian chili and parsley, housemade vanilla cream puffs, mini honey butter scones, and Himalayan black tea from In Pursuit of Tea.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The rice serves as both a foundation and a mediator, bridging the creamy blandness of the pasta salad with the blunt-instrument intensity of the plate lunch’s third and central component, one kind or another of salty, savory meat.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The house selection includes sweet options like pecan, apple, and coconut cream, as well as savory picks like chicken pot pie, quiche, boudin pie, and crawfish pie.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Packed with electrolytes and nutrients, Vita Coco Coconut Water elevates smoothies by providing a delicious, functional alternative to traditional bases like dairy or juice.
    Tracy Yochum, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Architecture aside, the cuisine (from hush puppies to delicious seafood and soul food), spooky ghost tours, and beach proximity make Charleston, South Carolina the place to be in spring and summer.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This notion is supported by a late scene where Tanya, while visiting Quentin’s tasteful island mansion, discovers a picture of what appears to be a young Greg and a young Quentin.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Knits were slouchy but perfectly contoured to a woman's body, jackets nipped at the waist and layered over A-line skirts and sporty trousers, fuzzy bag charms and belt charms unite, and tasteful pops of color highlight earthy tones.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The company works with organic and fair trade cacao beans, and it slow-roasts and stone-grounds those beans to make delectable chocolate bars.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Make this delectable option even more seamless with a topping bar full of local favorites.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Other Weight Loss Strategies Other lifestyle strategies support weight loss with minimal risks, such as the following: Sleep: Not getting enough sleep may increase cravings for highly palatable, sugary, or high-fat foods, which can interfere with weight-loss goals.
    Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Hurricanes would probably want to send a center the other way, so perhaps Jack Drury ($1.75 million cap hit through next season) would be more palatable.
    Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This struggle between healthy choices and appetizing options is what led Ross Franklin to found Pure Green.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That might be the more appetizing position for ByteDance and TikTok come next year.
    Tim Marchman, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Flavored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flavored. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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